The longest river of Southern Italy with its 175 kilometres rises in Molise, at Rocchetta a Volturno and runs for a long way in the Apennine region, of which, after the Ponte 25 archi, marks the border with Campania.

It is an artificial lake, created in the 1960s to power the electricity station of Capriati al Volturno.

It rises from Lake Matese and in the first part of its way, it is characterised by cascades and differences in heights.

It starts in the area of Frosinone from the confluence between the Liri, which first crosses Abruzzo and Lazio, and the Gari, which rises at Cassino and is often called Liri-Garigliano.

The peak of Mount Miletto is reflecting in its placid waters where they come from.

For the ancient Italic peoples it was a sacred river. On the shores, they erected sanctuaries such as the Demetra and Teano one.